Tag: Judith Anderson

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  Blood Money (1933)

  July 3, 2021

  1930s, Crime, Drama, Pre-Code Movies, Thriller

  Often the biggest anxiety for me is choosing something to watch out of all the possibilities. I am appreciating the decision to just focus on finishing a list of movies, the ones I haven’t seen from Danny Peary’s book, Cult Movies 2. Without this list, I never would have sought out Blood Money (1933), a… Read.

• Laura (1944)

  February 25, 2020

  1940s, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Noir, Thriller

  Laura (1944) has always been held up as a classic and a key title when it comes to the genre of film noir. What I was surprised by was, in comparison to say Raymond Chandler adaptations, there is something sophisticated about this film, a drawing room mystery rather than a plunge into the dark, gritty… Read.